Famous Deaths on 23 Jul

Famous Deaths on 23 Jul

1227 - Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)
1373 - Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (b. 1303)
1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. 1343)
1531 - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
1584 - John Day, English printer (b. 1522)
1692 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
1727 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1685)
1764 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703)
1773 - George Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693)
1781 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1793 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721)
1853 - Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. 1798)
1875 - Isaac Singer, American inventor and entrepreneur (b. 1811)
1878 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
1916 - Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)
1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)
1924 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)
1930 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)
1932 - Tenby Davies, Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b. 1884)
1942 - Andy Ducat, Former England cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
1942 - Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)
1948 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France (b. 1856)
1951 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884)
1955 - Cordell Hull, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
1966 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
1968 - Henry Hallett Dale, English scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1971 - Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
1979 - Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (b. 1898)
1980 - Mollie Steimer, anarchist agitator and American political prisoner (b. 1897)
1980 - Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1948)
1982 - Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)
1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)
1985 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
1989 - Donald Barthelme, American author (b. 1931)
1990 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. 1899)
1993 - James R. Jordan, Sr., father of Michael Jordan (b. 1936)
1996 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. 1934)
1997 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)
2001 - Eudora Welty, American author (b. 1909)
2002 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920)
2002 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (b. 1933)
2002 - Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
2003 - James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)
2004 - Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
2004 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician, conductor and composer (b. 1921)
2004 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)
2004 - Mehmood, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005 - Ted Greene, American jazz guitarist and teacher (b. 1946)
2006 - Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1927)
2007 - Tor Kamata, American/Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
2007 - Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
2007 - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
2008 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1924)